AQA A level Design and Technology: Product Design past papers
AQA has published 14 question papers for Design and Technology: Product Design (7552) from 2020 to 2025, each with its mark scheme. They are listed newest first, and each one opens the PDF on aqa.org.uk in a new tab. The grade boundaries for 7 series are on their own page, in our own tables. The specification (7552) is linked below as well.
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June 2025
3 papers · grade boundaries
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for June 2025 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2025 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for June 2025 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2025 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for June 2025 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2025 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for June 2025 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2025 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Component 3 NEAExaminer report for June 2025 Component 3 NEA (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Grade boundariesGrade boundaries for June 2025
June 2024
3 papers · grade boundaries
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for June 2024 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2024 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for June 2024 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2024 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for June 2024 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2024 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for June 2024 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2024 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- 7552CExaminer report for June 2024 7552C (PDF on aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Grade boundariesGrade boundaries for June 2024
June 2023
3 papers · grade boundaries
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for June 2023 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2023 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for June 2023 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2023 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for June 2023 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2023 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for June 2023 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2023 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Component 3 NEAExaminer report for June 2023 Component 3 NEA (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Grade boundariesGrade boundaries for June 2023
June 2022
3 papers · grade boundaries
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for June 2022 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2022 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for June 2022 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2022 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for June 2022 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: June 2022 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for June 2022 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Examiner report for June 2022 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Component 3 NEAExaminer report for June 2022 Component 3 NEA (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Grade boundariesGrade boundaries for June 2022
November 2021
2 papers
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for November 2021 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: November 2021 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for November 2021 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for November 2021 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: November 2021 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for November 2021 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
November 2020
2 papers · grade boundaries
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for November 2020 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: November 2020 Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for November 2020 Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for November 2020 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: November 2020 Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for November 2020 Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Grade boundariesGrade boundaries for November 2020
Specimen
2 papers
- Paper 1 Technical principlesQuestion paper for Specimen Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: Specimen Paper 1 Technical principlesMark scheme for Specimen Paper 1 Technical principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
- Paper 2 Designing and making principlesQuestion paper for Specimen Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)Do it in cookie: Specimen Paper 2 Designing and making principlesMark scheme for Specimen Paper 2 Designing and making principles (PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, opens in a new tab)
Common questions
Where can I find Design and Technology: Product Design past papers from AQA?
This page links every Design and Technology: Product Design paper AQA publishes for everyone to download, newest first, starting with June 2025. Each link opens the PDF on AQA's own website. The most recent series is usually released a year or so after the exam, and it will appear here once AQA makes it public.
Are there mark schemes for these Design and Technology: Product Design papers?
Yes, every question paper here has a mark scheme, and 12 have an examiner report as well, which is worth reading for the mistakes that cost the most marks.
What were the Design and Technology: Product Design grade boundaries in June 2026?
In June 2026, an A needed 292 out of 400 and an E needed 133. The grade boundaries for every series from June 2019 to June 2026 are on this course's grade boundaries page, and each series of papers here links to its own year's table, so you can mark a paper and read your grade.
Where is the Design and Technology: Product Design specification?
It is linked at the top of this page: AQA's own Design and Technology: Product Design specification (7552), a PDF on its website, which sets out what you can be examined on and how the exams are marked. According to AQA's grade boundaries for June 2026, the course is examined in 3 papers, worth 300 marks in all.
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